About Security Testing
Security breach has a wide-spread impact that affects companies and their customers both. No wonder data security and application security is the primary area of concern for any enterprise. Security testing is the process of examining software’s resistance to attacks, analyzing the vulnerabilities of the system, and ensuring that the data is guarded against various kinds of threats.
Cyber Security is a chief area of concern for businesses and individuals alike. Safeguarding data on devices where we keep all our confidential data, passwords, banks details etc takes the highest priority.
When we talk about security, penetration testing plays a vital role. But what is penetration testing? Penetration testing, also known as pen testing, is the method of testing a network, computer system, or web application to detect security vulnerabilities that a cyber intruder could exploit.
Algoworks’ Penetration Testing Services
Algoworks strives to safeguard customers’ data and resources by providing penetration testing services in the following areas:
Vulnerability and penetration testing services
These are two types of tests that are often consolidated to achieve an entire vulnerability analysis. Each test possesses a different kind of strength.
Web Application Penetration Testing
It is the process of making use of penetration testing techniques on a web app to identify its vulnerabilities. It requires conducting evaluations at network-level and application-level.
Mobile App Penetration Testing
It is vital for any leading application penetration testing company to analyze a mobile application’s security in a mobile friendly environment. It focuses on file system security, client-side safety, network security and hardware security.
Benefits of Security Testing
What are you losing on if you do not avail security testing services?
Runs Thorough Evaluation
It evaluates the security of the application infrastructure and moves further to covering the database, network, and application exposure layers.
Offers Timely Heads-up
Data security measures allow businesses to steer clear of the pitfalls occurring due to unexpected exposures of sensitive data.
Unveils Possible Vulnerabilities
The whole process examines the current vulnerabilities of application configurations, system, or network infrastructure.
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General FAQs
Security testing is a branch of software testing that reveals vulnerabilities of the system and determines that the resources and data of the system are shielded against possible intruders. It assures that the application and software system is free from any threats or uncertainties that can cause loss.
Application security testing contains multiple steps, some of them are listed here- #1) Access to Application #2) Data Protection #3) Brute-Force Attack #4) SQL Injection And XSS (Cross-Site Scripting) #5) Service Access Points (Sealed And Secure Open) #6) Session Management #7) Error handling
Security testing is a type of non-functional testing. It is basically a type of software testing that's done to check whether the application or the product is secured against vulnerabilities or not.
Web application security testing refers to analyzing, testing, and reporting applications on the security level and/or posture. It is used by a security testing company to gauge the security strength of a web application by employing manual as well as automated security testing techniques.
Specific elements of confidentiality, authentication, integrity, availability, authorization, and non-repudiation are some typical security requirements required in security testing services. Security testing as a term has different meanings, and thus varies from one requirement to the next as implemented by the system.